Homibty-mill



P. HOMRIGHAUS.

HOMINY MILL.

I Patented Feb. 9, 1858.

UNITE STATES T FFICE:

HOMINY-MILL.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP HOMRIGHAUS, of Royalton, Fairfield county, Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hominy-Mills; and I hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention consists in a provision for carrying from the hopper any superfluity of water used in dampening corn.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure l is a perspective view of the mill with part of one side removed to show the interior structure. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, ex-

hibiting the cylinder as opened when the action of grinding is completed.

A, B, are two horizontal shafts, rotated simultaneously in opposite directions and at different velocities (by means of suitable gearing as represented) within an elliptical cylinder C. The cylinder is constructed of sheet iron the ends being driven into the sides F of the mill in such manner as to avoid the necessity of framing to support them.

The shafts A, B, are armed with teeth or spikes constructed with sharp screw threads to increase their abrading action and so arranged in the shafts as to leave intervals of about three eights of an inch between them as they revolve.

On one side the cylinder 0, is perforated so as to form a screen E to permit the escape of husks of corn during hulling. The other side D, is hinged at G, near the top of the machine so that it can be brought into the position shown in Fig. 2.

H, is a catch which secures the hinged side D, in posit-ion when closed.

J, is a spiral conveyer of usual form by means of which the hominy is forwarded to the action of the fan I.

L, is the hopper, provided with a gage plate M, of such construction that when closed it prevents any surplus water used in dampening corn, from entering the cyl- 19,29=7, dated February 9', 1858.

inder, and forms a part of a trough K, by which such water is conveyed to the outside of the machine.

0, and P, are ward-boards which prevent the husks being driven outside the box S, by the action respectively of the fan and rotating shafts.

The floor Q, of the spout by which the clean hominy is deposited in the box T, is madedouble to allow of its being extended at pleasure to regulate the cleaning of the hominy.

R, is an aperture permitting the egress of air, which is closed to any extent desired by means of slides as shown to regulate the force of blast within the spout.

The operation of the mill is as follows: The sliding bottom M, of the hopper being first closed, the hopper is filled with corn, and water added thereto to dampen it, any unabsorbed water passing off by means of the trough M K. The shafts A, B, are then set in motion and corn admitted into the cylinder by withdrawing the gage board M, to any extent desired. The upper shaft A, rotating at greater speed than the lower one causes greater friction upon the corn and equalizes the labor performed by the two shafts. The grinding or hulling being completed, the swinging side D of the cylinder is thrown back into the position shown in Fig. 2, when the hominy falling into the conveyer trough is by the conveyer J, forwarded to the action of the fan I, by means of which the husks, eyes &c are impelled forward and deposited in the box S, While the clean hominy passes down the spout Q, into the box T.

I claim as new and of my invention herein The construction of the gage plate M,

when used in connection with the hopper L,

and trough K, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

PHILIP HOMRIGI-IAUS. Vitnesses:

T. M. HUNTER, ALFRED MCVEIGH. 

